Harpers May Map Omits Cities In Prairie Continent
Charles Nordhoff writes an illustrated California piece in Harpers May issue showing a bird's eye view from the Missouri River to the Rockies. He highlights five great commerce centers Omaha Kansas City Denver Greeley Cheyenne, calling it the Zodiac of Empire and noting the farming author.
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Charles Nordhoff
Creeley
Harpers
California
Chicago
Pacific Ocean
Missouri River
Rocky Mountains
Omaha
Kansas City
Denver
Greeley
Cheyenne
Views on Judea irrigation and Colorado growth during era
The article contrasts travel writings on Judea and Colorado, arguing ancient Judea flourished with irrigation while travelers misread desert landscapes. It cites Measured springs near Meadow Springs Farm and gulches in Foot Hills as irrigable spaces, notes Canal No 2 enlargement under Mr. La Grange, and highlights reservoir plans to irrigate 8000 acres. It references O W Shattuck as railroad liaison and urges park improvements and land development in Greeley with 40 000 acres under canals poised for farming expansion.
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Mediterranean
Judea
Naples
Jerusalem
Mark Twain
New Coast
Colorado
Meadow Springs Farm
Carr Station
Babcock and Taylor
Canal No. 2
The New Orient Promises Healthful Prosperity for All
A fragment discusses coming capabilities and growth, quoting a theme that the first shall be last and the last shall be first. It envisions a healthful, fruitful, and beautiful future where human triumph over material obstacles is achieved.
Trade talk and mining prospects near Greeley
The piece notes Mexico's trade with England and the expectation that a new railroad will shift trade to the United States. It highlights the Cariboo mine shipping 12,000 ounces of silver weekly, yielding 6 percent on 32 million dollars, with gains under real investment a small fraction. It places Cariboo Mountain within sight of Greeley at 60 miles and foresees rapid supplies once Union Pacific connects. It ends by urging land improvement over migration and mocks sensational journalism.
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Cariboo
Cariboo Mountain
Greeley
Union Pacific
Keeping Cows in Greeley
A resident reports on dairy keeping in Greeley, detailing costs and profits from two cows bought for 50 dollars each. He describes feed, milk production, and expenses from November to April, noting winter milk yields, feed rations, and the intent to sell the cows in summer.
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the Tribune
Greeley
Switzerland
England
Isaganian
Sobnen
Hay prices and farm plans amid rising costs in 1871
Farmers face low hay profitability as prices stay high while input costs climb. The note mentions sowing corn and beets and adding a second car to the effort. Milk runs 4 to 5 cents per quart, with labor overhead noted. Onan Howard. Reeley March 20, 1871.
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Onan Howard
From a Poor Young Man at Twenty Six in Hard Work
A skeptical narrator describes a frugal life on $2 a day, working daily in irrigation and building, saving for land, raising vegetables, and dreaming of a better home. He values self-reliance over social status, noting fits of Lyceum nights and Sundays, and hopes $2 a day will improve his modest cottage.
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Eiller
Tribunes
Lyceum
Wonders of Wyoming Hidden Cave Draws Hunters
A party exploring a roaring cave fifty miles from the Green River finds a vast chamber with white granite shafts and quartz piers. They discover fragile white bats and white fish in a stream, then glimpse a dome skylight and a thunderous river gorge. Amid the marvels they uncover the long-mlost river ties submerged in the current two years earlier.
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Green River
Union Pacific
Jerome Nilton
Jack Roberts
Hilton
Greeley Tribune Arrow-Head Script Mystery Noted
The Student's Journal praises the Greeley Tribune of Colorado for a remarkable arrow-headed script on its head-piece. Commentary debates whether the inscription is ancient script or a Horace Greeley facsimile, while hoping the paper remains powerful and prosperous in promoting good causes.
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Andrew J. Graham
N. Y. City
Greeley Tribune
Colorado
Garden of Eden
Jovan
Horace Greeley
New York Tribone
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Kennedy
Hubbard
O. W. Shattuck
Colony Board of ‘Trustees
Old Town Board
Denver News
Denver and Rio Grande R. A
Chihuahua
el Paso
Java
Mexico
United States
Mr. Greeley
Platte
New World
Wonders
Wyoming
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